Term | Definition |
weather | the condition of the bottom layer of the earth`s atmosphere in one place over time |
climate | the type of climate found in the great central areas of continents in northern hemisphere,characterized by cold,snowy winters and warn or hot summers. |
rotation | the spinning motion of the earth,like a top on its axis,as it travels through space. |
revolution | one complete orbit of the earth around the sun, the earth |
solstice | Either of the two times a year when the sun Spears directly overhead at the tropics of Cancer and capricorn |
equinox | Either of the two times a year (spring and fall) when day and night are nearly equal length every day |
precepitation | all the forms of water that fall to the earth from the atmosphere, including rain and snow. |
front | the boundary between two masses |
continental climate | |
ecosystem | the term used to describe a major type of ecosystem. that can be found in various regions thorougth the world |
bionme | |
deciduous | leaf,shedding a type of tree that sheds is leaves |
coniferous | cone-bearing;a type of tree able to survive long cold winters |
chaparral | a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates; small evergreen trees and low bushes, or scrub, |
savanna | a tropical grass land with scattered trees, located in the warm lands near the equator. |
herbivore | a plant eating,animal |
carnivore | a meat,eating,animal |
prairie | a temperate grassland,characterized by a great variety of grases |
tundra | a dry treeless plain where temperatures are always cold an only specialized plants grow |
permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earth surface |